LexisNexis Academic Universe is an online service composed of approximately 5,000 legal, news, reference, and business sources, most full text. It includes international and U.S. newspapers, ethnic and regional news sources, magazines, wire services, newsletters, trade journals, company and industry analyst reports, polls, almanacs, biographical tools, and broadcast transcripts. Advertisements, obituaries, graphics, and non-local (syndicated) features are typically not included. Of particular interest are the New York Times, June 1980 -to date;The Wisconsin State Journal, 1992-to date; and The Capital Times, 1992-to date. Years of coverage vary, but many sources begin with the late 1980's or early 1990's. (Updated daily)

This Library contains exact replications of the official bound session laws (acts) of all 50 states from inception, as well as Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. All states are available back to inception. It also includes the D.C. Register and the Session Laws of the U.S. Federal Government. (Updated daily)

Includes full text of current and historical United States state constitutions. Also includes the Oxford Commentaries on the State Constitutions of the US series, which offers article-by-article commentaries on every state constitution, tracing their historical development.

Series I of 19th Century Masterfile provides access to the periodical literature of the nineteenth century. Included is an online version of Poole's Index to Periodical Literature, 1802-1906; the foremost index for nineteenth century periodicals. Also included are: Index to Legal Periodical Literature (1786-1922), ed. Jones and Chipman; Index to Periodicals (1890-1902), by W.T. Stead; and An Alphabetical Subject Index and Encyclopedia to Periodical Articles on Religion (1890-1899), ed. Ernest Cushing Richardson. The full-text of articles is not provided; check the library catalog to see if the UW-Madison Libraries have the journals indexed by this resource.

Series V of 19th Century Masterfile provides access to several basic resources for eighteenth and nineteenth century research. These include: A Compilation of the Message and Papers of the Presidents (1789-1897); Subject Matter Index of Patents Issued by the U.S. (1790-1873); Cobett's Parliamentary History of England (1066-1803); Hansard's Index to Debates, House of Commons (1803-1830); Hansard's Index to Debates, House of Lords (1803-1830); and Descriptive Catalogue of the Government Publications of the U.S. (1774-1881).

Public Affairs Information Service indexes more than 900 journals; books; government documents; statistical compilations; committee reports; directories; serials; reports of public, intergovernmental, and private organizations; and most other forms of printed literature from all over the world. Its subject matter covers public policy, social policy, and the social sciences in general. A brief note indicating content is sometimes included. (Updated monthly)

This collection features the complete Congressional Record Bound version, as well as the daily version back to 1980. It also includes the three predecessor titles: Annals of Congress (1789-1824), Register of Debates (1824-1837) Congressional Globe (1833-1873), and Congressional Hearings (1927-present), as well as other important congressional material. Using the Daily-to-Bound Locator Tool, you can quickly find a page in the Bound volume from the Daily edition. (Updates ongoing)